John Rand, a polar engineer with the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and
Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, N.H., will give a talk titled “The Spirit
of Inquiry: Engineering at the South Pole” on Monday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Nott Memorial.
Rand, one of the foremost authorities on extreme cold-weather
engineering challenges, is the National Science Foundation's project engineer for the
redevelopment effort of the New South Pole Station, now under way.
His appearance is made possible by collaboration between the mechanical
engineering department and the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard at
Stratton Air Base, Scotia, the sole provider of flight support for NSF polar research.